“VA Linux Systems faces a tricky balancing act as the Linux
operating system transforms from a hobby to a tributary of
corporate revenue streams.”
“The company has a vested interest in the improvement of Linux,
the open-source operating system that comes with VA computers, and
has hired several key programmers from the Linux community to
ensure continued development. But VA can’t be too controlling, or
else the open source community that’s the heart of Linux
development will turn against VA, chief executive Larry Augustin
says.”
“VA will demonstrate some of the fruits of its work this week at
the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Jose, California. The
company will show new servers that can be stacked in dense
configurations, new management software to make it easier to
administer dozens or hundreds of Linux computers, and perhaps most
significantly, a version of Linux running on Intel’s simulator of
its next-generation 64-bit chip, Merced.”